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If you’re dieting together there’s a good chance you’ll be exercising together too. However, research shows that while vigorous activity helps men lose weight, for women it can just make them hungrier and subsequently eat to replace all the calories they’ve just burnt off.

But there is a solution if you want to exercise together: University of Toronto researchers found that women doing lower intensity exercise didn’t have the same drive to consume all the calories they’d burnt off. Which means that brisk walking, dancing or yoga are a better bet for joint workouts than a power run or spin class!

Just be sure to jointly schedule at least 150 minutes of moderate-paced activity per week to help boost weight loss for both of you.